Adaptive Frequency Offset Selection in Frequency Diverse Array Radar

Frequency diverse array (FDA) can provide a range-angle-dependent beam that can be controlled by using a frequency increment between adjacent elements, but the frequency increment is fixed in a basic FDA, which restraints the performance improvement in different environments significantly. In this letter, we propose an adaptive frequency offset selection scheme to control the transmit beam direction by choosing the frequency offset adaptively. In doing so, we design the frequency increment of transmit signal in each step by maximizing the output signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) criteria. Our proposal can adaptively adjust the beam direction to match the current target angle and range sector. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is verified by simulation results.

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